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Montpelier, VT
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Public or private transit access
Description: This project will illuminate the North Branch Pedestrian Bridge to enhance safety and access to the Siboinebi recreational path. It aims to create a vibrant public space, benefiting residents, especially older adults.
Orange County, NC
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2017
Project Category: Public or private transit access
Description: Many bus stops in rural Orange County lacked shelters or a place to sit. To address this, the Orange County Department on Aging worked with the county's public transportation department to install new seats at 15 bus stops. Designed to maximize space at stops without enough room for a transit shelter, the seats accommodate two people and are attached to the bus stop sign. Project organizers say the seats increase accessibility in rural parts of the county, where no bus stop sign was in place. Following installation of the seats, the public transportation department committed to building permanent bus shelters in high-traffic, rural areas.
Lumberton, NC
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Public or private transit access
Description: This project will provide accessible and affordable transportation for older adults, individuals with disabilities, and low-income families. It aims offer door-to-door services for essential needs and social engagements.
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Woodbridge, VA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: To create a vibrant public space at the Woodbridge Senior Center, Keep Prince William Beautiful created a vegetable garden onsite. Organizers worked to repair raised beds -- designed to be accessible for gardeners of all ages and abilities -- and fill them with vegetable plants. Additionally, they installed a seating area at the Center's front entrance. All plants grown in the space are native to Northern Virginia and include pollinator-friendly species. The Center plans to cook with vegetables from the garden and organizers hope the improvements give older adults a beautiful outdoor gathering space.
Fairfax County, VA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2020
Project Category: Access to health care services
Description: When the COVID-19 pandemic made in-person medical appointments risky, CFH wanted to help local older adults make the most of online sessions with their health providers. To do this, CFH distributed telehealth kits to residents of Herndon Harbor House, a senior housing complex, allowing them to measure their vital signs at home. Each kit contained a digital thermometer and a wrist device that measures blood pressure. To ensure recipients could operate the devices, CFH included written instructions in several languages.
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